Vincent Beache | |
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Leader of Unity Labour Party | |
In office 1994–1998 | |
Preceded by | New position |
Succeeded by | Ralph Gonsalves |
Leader of Saint Vincent Labour Party | |
In office 1994–1994 | |
Preceded by | Stanley 'Stalky' John |
Succeeded by | Party merged |
In office 1986 – September 1992 | |
Preceded by | Hudson K. Tannis |
Succeeded by | Stanley 'Stalky' John |
Personal details | |
Born | Vincent Ian Beache 13 August 1931 South Rivers, St Vincent |
Died | 5 August 2019 Spring Estate |
Sir Vincent Beache was a politician from Saint Vincent and leader of the Saint Vincent Labour Party.
Beache was born on 13 August 1931 in South Rivers, St Vincent.[1] He served in the Royal Air Force, UK. He got training as electrical technician in UK.[1]
In Saint Vincent, he was a banana grower.[2] He was first a candidate of Saint Vincent Labour Party in House of Assembly elections in 1972.[1] Later he was elected as a member of the House of Assembly from 1974 to 1989.[3] Beache was appointed minister of trade and agriculture from March 1978 to April 1984.[1]
After Saint Vincent Labour Party leader Hudson K. Tannis died in a plane crash in August 1986, Beache was elected to succeed him as party leader.[1] He was appointed leader of the opposition in the House of Assembly from March 1985 to March 1989.[3] Beache was the leader of the party at the time of the 1989 elections when the party failed to win any seats in the House of Assembly.[1] Beache was replaced as the party leader in 1992.[1] However, he was re-elected as party leader for the 1994 elections.[1] Following the elections, he was again appointed leader of the opposition from March 1994 to August 1999.[3]
Beache became the first leader of the Unity Labour Party in 1994 when Saint Vincent Labour Party and Movement for National Unity merged.[4] Beache resigned as party leader in 1998,[1] and he was succeeded by Ralph Gonsalves.[5]
He was appointed by Ralph Gonsalves as the minister of national security, public service and airport development from April 2001 to November 2005.[3] He retired from active politics before the 2005 elections.[1] In 2002 he was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).[1]
He died on 5 August 2019 at Spring Estate in St Vincent and the Grenadines.[1]